Street Slang

Booster: Any member of a gang that affects cyberware, leather clothing, and random violence.

Chippin' In: To buy cyberware for the first time. To cast your lot with a group. To connect with a machine.

Chombatta (Choomba): Neo-Afro American slang for friend, family member.

CHOOH2: Pronounced "Choo-Two". Streetslang for alcohol, as used in vehicle power plants. The vast majority of vehicles in the Time of the Red are fueled by an advanced form of alcohol with a higher burning temperature than normal methanol.

Cybered-Up: To get as much cyberware implanted as possible before going over the Edge.

Exotic: A human biosculpted with non-human elements; fur, long ears, fangs, etc.

The Face: The representative of a Megacorporation for legal purposes.

Flatline: To kill. A dead person or thing.

Handle: A nickname you are known by on The Street.

Input/Output: A mechanistic term for a casual lover.

Mainline: A term for your partner in a serious, long-term relationship.

Netrun: To interface with a NET Architecture and hack into its programs and controls. Also used to refer to running the Old NET until the advent of the 4th Corp War.

Night Market: Off-the-grid, temporary marketplaces set up by groups of Fixers with solid connections. In the Time of the Red, a Night Market is the best place to find new cyberware and gear.

Posergang: Any group whose members all affect a specific look, style, or bodysculpt job.

Ripperdoc: A surgeon specializing in implanting illegal cyberware.

Ronin: A freelance assassin or mercenary. Usually considered to be untrustworthy.

Samurai: A Corporate assassin or mercenary, hired to protect Corporation property or make strikes against other Corporate holdings.

Slammit On: To get violent; to attack someone without reason.

Stuffit: To forget about something.